Academics give Harper Government a failing grade

A Canadian-led group of academics has gone to the British journal Nature in an attempt to get both Canada the and U.S. to declare a moratorium on further oil sands development as well as new pipelines.

Palen says she feels compelled to get involved and is hoping other academics will follow suit and push for what she says are “evidence-based decisions” considering short and long-term impacts, of oil sands expansion.